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Vanguard, MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2019<strong>—</strong>5 POCKET CARTOON FATHERS's DAY<strong>—</strong>From right: The SGF, Mr. Boss Mustapher; the Deputy Senate President; Sena<strong>to</strong>r Ovie Omo-Agege; Vice President Yemi Osiinbajo and a cross section of fathers singing a hymn during the church service <strong>to</strong> mark the Fathers' Day celebration at the State House, Chapel, Abuja, yesterday. Pho<strong>to</strong>: Abayomi Adeshida. <strong>Parents</strong> <strong>now</strong> <strong>afraid</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>send</strong> <strong>children</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>school</strong> <strong>—</strong> <strong>UNICEF</strong> By Dapo Akinrefon, Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Peter Duru & Monsuru Olowoopejo LAGOS <strong>—</strong> The United Nations Children’s Fund, <strong>UNICEF</strong>, weekend lamented that parents are <strong>now</strong> terrified <strong>to</strong> <strong>send</strong> their <strong>children</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>school</strong> due <strong>to</strong> insecurity in the country, especially girls, who have been victims of kidnapping while at <strong>school</strong>. This came on a day the Aare Ona Kakanfo in Council vowed <strong>to</strong> deal with marauding herdsmen terrorizing the South-West, just as Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State said he would disclose a new security policy <strong>to</strong> stem the increasing rate of kidnapping in the state. Still on the issue, the Presidency in a statement last night said that President Myhammadu Buhari and governors of states in the North-west Zone were working out strategic plan <strong>to</strong> end insurgency in the zone and the Northern region. U N I C E F Communication Specialist, Mr. Geoffrey Njoku, in a statement on behalf of Mr. Peter Kawkins, <strong>UNICEF</strong> Representative in Nigeria <strong>to</strong> mark this year’s Day of the African Child themed: Child Rights in all Situations, Including During Humanitarian Crises, said parents are <strong>now</strong> so scared <strong>to</strong> <strong>send</strong> their <strong>children</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>school</strong> due <strong>to</strong> the high level insecurity in the country. He said in commemorating the day “about 2,000 youths across 10 Nigerian states, including Abuja, presented petitions <strong>to</strong> their governors, parliamentarians, policymakers and other influential persons in a mass effort <strong>to</strong> draw attention <strong>to</strong> the need <strong>to</strong> act on commitments <strong>to</strong> increasing access <strong>to</strong> safe, quality education for all <strong>children</strong>, especially girls. “The Nigerian campaign for access <strong>to</strong> quality education will hold the newly-elected government officials at all levels accountable for their campaign promises <strong>to</strong> provide equitable access <strong>to</strong> free, safe and quality education for every child, especially the girl child, in Nigeria. “The 10 states where the mass actions are taking place <strong>—</strong> Bauchi, Niger, Katsina, Kano, Soko<strong>to</strong>, Zamfara, Kebbi, Gombe, Adamawa, Taraba and the FCT <strong>—</strong> have about eight million <strong>children</strong> not in <strong>school</strong> and an average enrollment rate of only 57 per cent. “Schools should be a safe place for <strong>children</strong>, one in which they can get quality education that will put them on the path <strong>to</strong> a secured future.” ‘We’ll deal with marauding herdsmen’ Also concerned about the worrying rate of insecurity in the country, the Aare Ona Kakanfo in Council, yesterday, vowed <strong>to</strong> deal with marauding herdsmen terrorizing the South West saying “we cannot continue <strong>to</strong> fold our arms and let these bandits continue <strong>to</strong> soil our land with the blood of the innocent.” They raised the alarm that the Yoruba race is at the risk of being haunted and slaughtered by “this reckless group if we keep sugarcoating the bloody implications of their evil enterprise.” This was the outcome of the council’s extraordinary session chaired by Aare Gani Adams in Lagos. In a statement titled: Our stance on the Fulani herdsmen scourge in Yoruba land, he called on traditional rulers and local chiefs in the region <strong>to</strong> show more than passing interest in the activities of people in their domains. The statement was signed by Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Aare Gani Adams; Mr. Wale Abel (Balogun Aare), Hon. Taofeek Isa (Baaregunwa), Mr. Olusegun Dare (Agba Akin Aare), Mr. Shola Osunkeye (Baaroyin Aare), Mrs. Oluremi Dare (Yeye Agba Akin), Capt. Michael Adeshina (Baarejiroro), Akogun Gani Balogun (Osi Aare), Hon Akeem Ige (Baame<strong>to</strong> Aare), Mr. Kehinde Oluwole (Baamofin Aare), Mr. Femi Bamisile (Baareselu Aare), Otunba Kole Omololu (Odofin Aare), Mr. Kayode Ajulo (Mayegun Aare), Mr. Yinka Oguntimehin (Asoju Aare), Prof Kolawole Raheem (Parakoyi Aare), Chief Ebudola Odedina (Fiwagboye Aare), Chief Kamorudeen Lamina (Borokini Aare), Mrs. Yewande Green (Yeyeshewa Aare), Mrs. Ige (Yeye Bame<strong>to</strong> Aare), Alhaja Adiat Ayinke Alao (Iyalaje Aare), Chief Yaqub Adeshina (Akogun Aare) and Mrs. Lateef Adeshina (Yeye Akogun). After appraising the security situation in Nigeria, especially in the South West, the council said: “The campaign of blood by herdsmen, who have been ravaging our land, kidnapping, killing, maiming and raping our people in recent years has become a serious source of concern for the Yoruba race; a race re<strong>now</strong>ned for their staunch passion for peaceful co-existence, national cohesion and development. “The threat posed <strong>to</strong> our Continues on page 41 By Bose Adelaja, Olayinka La<strong>to</strong>na, Dickson Omobola, Tolulope Oke, Chiamaka Uba, Erinfolami Abdulkudus & Janet Somoye How do we halt increasing cases of child rape? (3) The disconcerting increase in cases of child rape can be eradicated through shrewd parental guidance, strict enforcement of the law against the vice, educating <strong>children</strong> on how <strong>to</strong> protect themselves from falling victim and emboldening them <strong>to</strong> speak up if they fall victim and massive information dissemination on the vice. - Oluwashina Ishola Tourism promoter In a country where we have lost our moral values, from home, <strong>to</strong> primary, secondary and tertiary institution, what can we say of morality? The worst take place in public places. All these are manifested in the way females dress, exposing their bodies in public, coupled with men’s exposure <strong>to</strong> hard drugs and alcohol. Until we go back <strong>to</strong> our values, there may not be serious solution <strong>to</strong> child rape and other social vices. No legislation can curb it. -Julius Adegunna Clergy We should teach the <strong>children</strong> especially girls, early in life about differences between boys and girls. Also, when they are <strong>to</strong>uched in their private parts, they should scream. For grown ups, they should s<strong>to</strong>p going half naked on the street because most men are moved by what they see. They should also avoid late nights, lonely places and unnecessary visits. -Nkechi Nwogo Student Our patriarchal system where we see male as superior <strong>to</strong> female, is one thing we need <strong>to</strong> address as it has helped <strong>to</strong> trigger rape. To halt this menace, parents need <strong>to</strong> educate their <strong>children</strong> on the menace and carry out thorough surveillance on their <strong>children</strong>. -Abu Buhari Student <strong>Parents</strong> should try as much as possible <strong>to</strong> give birth <strong>to</strong> the number of <strong>children</strong> they can take care of and ensure they give them the best education. Proper upbringing of <strong>children</strong> and wards is very important so that they will not grow up <strong>to</strong> become perpetra<strong>to</strong>rs. Also, those involved in the act of child rape should get stiffer punishment. Law enforcement agents should not compromise in dealing with the issue of child rape and child abuse generally. -Akinsanya Rebecca Student <strong>Parents</strong> should educate their <strong>children</strong> and wards more on sex, be closer <strong>to</strong> them, advise them not <strong>to</strong> accept gifts from strangers and most importantly, ensure that their <strong>children</strong> can confide in them and report any act of abuse <strong>to</strong> them. Also, I will implore the Federal Government <strong>to</strong> enact and enforce laws that will deal with perpetra<strong>to</strong>rs and also protect the victims from any kind of trauma. -Mrs. Sunday Hope Teacher
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